| 释义 |
aspire /ə-spīrˈ/ intransitive verb- (with to, after, or an infinitive) to desire eagerly
- To aim at, or strive for, high things
- To tower up
ORIGIN: L aspīrāre, -ātum, from ad to, and spīrāre to breathe aspīrˈant (or /asˈpir-/) noun - A person who aspires (with after or for)
- A candidate
adjective- Ambitious
- Mounting up
aspirate /asˈpir-āt/ transitive verb and intransitive verb - To pronounce with a full breathing, ie the sound of h, as in house (phonetics)
- To follow (a stop) by an audible breath (phonetics)
- To replace (a consonant) by another sound, normally a fricative, when there is a combination with the sound h or the letter h (grammar, phonetics, etc)
- To draw (gas, fluid, etc) out of a cavity, eg (medicine) a body cavity, by suction
- To supply air to an internal-combustion engine
noun /-it or -ət/ - The sound represented by the letter h
- A consonant sound, a stop followed by an audible breath, such as bh in Sanskrit
- Sometimes extended to a fricative
- A mark of aspiration, the rough breathing (῾) in Greek
- A letter representing an aspirate sound
adjective Of or relating to an aspirate aspirāˈtion noun - Eager desire
- (usu in pl) lofty hopes or aims
- Pronunciation of a sound with a full breathing
- An aspirated sound
- Drawing a gas, liquid or solid, in, out or through
- Breathing (obsolete)
aspirāˈtional adjective Relating to the aspirations or aims of a person or of people asˈpirātor noun - An apparatus for drawing air or other gases through bottles or other vessels
- An instrument for removing fluids or solids from cavities of the body (medicine)
aspīrˈatory /-ə-tə-ri or asˈpir-/ adjective Relating to breathing aspīrˈing adjective Desiring, aiming at, etc aspīrˈingly adverb aspīrˈingness noun drop one's aspirates To omit to pronounce the sound of h |